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Corset.

I i i "-FETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAFMER. WASHINGTON. D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISAAC W. BIRDSEYE, OF BIRMINGHAM, CONNECTICUT.

CORSET.

SPECIFICATION forrning part of Letters Patent No. 233,467, dated October 19, 1880.

Application filed February 27, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC W. BIRDSEYE, of Birmingham, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Corsets; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, which said drawing constitutes part of this specification and represents one-half of the corset.

This invention relates to an improvement in corsets, the object being to give to the corset at the hip an easy elasticity, which will adapt it to fit the form 0fthe body at that point, and also to stiffen the clasp; and the invention consists in the construction, as hereinafter described, and particularly recited in the claim.

The general cut of the corset does not difi'er materially from any-other known cuts.

Ais one section at the hip, and B the other.

-Vertically between the two, several stays, C,

are arranged, forming a support direct from under the arm to the .hip. From the rear section, D, to the vertical stays C, and about midway of the length of the corset, is a series of diagonal stays, E, and below the stays E is a second series, F, running from the edge of the rear section, D, diagonally to the lower edge of the corset, and from the first section, G, there is a series of stays, H, about midway of the height, running diagonally to the vertical stays C, opposite the point where this series meet the vertical stays C, being substantially in horizontal line with the point where the series E start from the rear section, D. Below the series His another series of stays, I, starting from the vertical stays C, and running to the lower edge of the corset, all as shown. This arrangement of making the diagonal stays in different sections, with the vertical stays between them, gives a greater flexibility to the hip-sections, prevents the sections from rolling up, and enables the use of short stays for the diagonal sections, thereby avoiding the liability of breaking.

I do not broadly claim series of diagonal stays between the hip-sections, as such, I am aware, is not new.

I do not herein claim a corset the hip portion of which is provided in its lower part with diagonal stays and in its upper part with vertical stays arranged above said diagonal stays, as this is the subject of another application for patent made by me.

I claim- A corset having the hip-sections A B arranged between the front and rear sections, G D, the central vertical stays, C, on said hipsections, the diagonal series of stays I E, starting from the edge of the rear section about midway of its height down toward the central stay, thence from the central stay to the lower edge of the part A and front G, the diagonal series H on part A above the part I, and the diagonal series F, starting from the rear section, D, immediately below the series E, and running diagonally down to the lower edge of the part B, substantially as and for the purpose described.

ISAAC W. BIRDSEYE.

Witnesses:

THOS. S. BIRDSEYE, GEORGE H. WATERMAN. 

